Sunday, September 23, 2012

Tomato Bhat


Ingredients

  1. Tomatoes - 250 gms
  2. Onion - 1
  3. Green Chillies - 2
  4. Red Chillies - 2
  5. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 spoon
  6. Rice - 1 Cup
  7. Groundnuts - 25 gms
  8. Curry Leaves - 5
  9. Turmeric powder - 1/4 spoon
  10. Salt - 2 spoons(optimum)/to taste
  11. Mustard seeds - 2 gms
  12. Chana Dal - 5 gms
  13. Udit Dal - 3 gms
  14. Jeera Seeds - 3 gms

Procedure
  1. Boil the rice in a pressure cooker(take twice the amount of water) and  keep it ready.
  2. Take 4-5 spoons of oil in a pan and heat it.
  3. Add mustard seeds, chana dal, udit dal, jeera seeds, red chillies(break  into pieces), curry leaves to it and heat them until the dal turns brown.
  4. Slice onions into pieces, cut green chillies and add them to the pan.
  5. Add Groundnuts and fry them until onion turns white.
  6. Add Giner garlic paste, Tomato(finely cut into pieces) and mix all the  ingredients well.
  7. Add water(until the ingredients are sufficiently immersed in water) and  stir well.
  8. Close the pan with a lid and turn the flame to medium and wait for 5  mins.
  9. Open the lid, add salt to the mixture, mix well and close the lid.
  10. Wait until the mixture becomes thicker and get close.
  11. Then add the boiled rice to the mixture and mix thoroughly such that  the mixture is well distributed across the rice.
  12. Server the Tomato Bbat hot and enjoy!!!

                         

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Angry Potato


Ingredients
1) Potato - 3 large size
2) Onion - 1
3) Spring onion - 3
4) Corn flour - 3 spoon full
5) Red Chilli sauce - 2 spoons
6) Red Chillies - 5
7) Tomato Kechup - 1 spoon
8) Garlic  - 3
9) Ginger - 5 gms
10) Soya Sauce - 1 spoon
11) Black pepper - 1 spoon
12) Salt - 1 and half spoon

Procedure
1. Take a bowl and add soya sauce, 1 spoon red chilli sauce, one and half  spoon corn flour and potatoes(cut into medium sized pieces)  and mix them  well.
2. Cut the oinions, sprin onions into small pieces and soak them in water.
3. Take oil in a pan and heat it.
4. Once oil is heated, add potatoes to it and fry them until they turn into  golder brown.
5. Take the fried potatoes into a separate bowl.
6. Cut ginger, garlic, red chillies  into pieces and add them to the oil in  the pan.
7. Add the onions along with spring onions to the pan and mix well. Add  tomato kechup, remaining red chilli paste, black pepper and salt(1 spoon)  to it and mix well and heat until the onions turn white.
8. Take a small bowl with the remaining corn flour add water(quantity can  be to make a thick paste of corn flour).
9. Add the corn flour mixture in the pan and mix all the ingredients well.
10. Add water to make it little gravy and salt and mix well.
11. Add the fried potatoes and mix thouroughly such that potatoes are  covered with the mixture very well. Heat for 2 mins and then switch off the  flame.
12. Garnish with the green part of spring onions.
13. Angry Potato is Ready and serve hot.

Note: This dish is good for snacks. Can try with Rice and Roti as well.